White House Christmas Festivities Shine for Lively Family Day
Washington reports a warm White House Christmas with President Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt hosting Representative and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth. Marines provided music as the garlands glowed and the children enjoyed a late night, while the German White House observed a similar festive mood with regal gifts and a grand imperial tree. New York and Chicago lights reflect broad charity, with meals and baskets aiding the hungry as churches brim with services. San Francisco churches celebrate amid rebuilt sanctuaries, and Knoxville records a Santa Claus bonus payroll perk for workers.
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White House
Reveevelt
Roosevelt
Nicholas Longworth
United States Marine Band
White Henge
Tod Mra.Fainbanka
Wiliam
Christus Tren
New York
York
Dinvier
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Salvation Army
Timothy D. Sullivan
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Ahurches
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Sammer
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Sante Claus
Chris
DORE BY A DASTARD SURE Arleana Sieter-in- Law Shot by Goat Peewon
Rutland December 28 Officials investigate a mysterious shouting at the Gilmore home after a wedding reception. Bride Arleana Gilmore is injured by two bullets in the doorway, injuring her arm and her mother-in-law Mrs Henry Gilmore. Police seek Andrew Farrell amid uncertain motive and a home made large caliber bullet used.
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Peewon
Farner
Rutland
Relart
Hive
Bewtn
Mit
Mary Parker Gilmore
Charlee Gilmore
Wee
Ter Alsterge-Law
Henry Glimore
Andrew Farrell
Gilmore
Hovband
Johnston gifts fund new Marquette college building
Milwaukee donors Mr and Mrs Robert A Johnston and their son Rev Hubert Story Johnston of Florissant Missouri plan a 120000 gift to erect a new home for Marquette College at Grand av and Eleventh St Milwaukee. Trustees offer renaming to Johnston College but the Johnstons decline preferring the existing name. Father Johnston is an alumnus of Marquette, Class of 1891 at age 16.
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Marquette College
Grand.avenny
Eleventh Street
Robert A. Johnston
Hubert Story Jalneton
Florissant
Marquette
Johnston College
Johnstons
Father Johnston
Merquette College
Yerra
Carlist Band Captured Near Madrid in Quiet Surrender
Madrid dec 26 Lieut Mail Fo with ten civilian guards surrounded the house of Torre Foru at Castle Fullit and captured a Carlist band of twenty including General Moore brother of the priest Enrique Moore. The band surrendered without fighting, yielding twenty seven rifles, equipment, nearly 2000 cartridges, and two machine to tear up rails. All prisoners were taken to Barcelona and confined in solitary. A Special judge was appointed for a speedy trial.
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Madrid
Lieeutenant Mailfo
Torre Foru
Castle Fullit
Moore
Enrique Moore
Barcelona
How the Thing Was Done In The Mexico Revolution Trial
In a San Antonio defense testimony C V Marquess described an alleged plan to spark a Mexican revolution. He claimed contact with the Magon brothers and Sarabia, arms shipments, and organized clubs across Texas, California, and New Mexico to support a St Louis junta. He said signals and instructions spread into Chihuahua and Nuevo Leon as September 16 neared.
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del Rio
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California
New Mexico
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Remiy
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Senare
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Nueva Leon
Interor States
Telfram
Reduced Rates on Core State Railway Board Slashing Tariffs in Minnesota
Minnesota’s railroad and warehouse commission ordered coal rate cuts after hearings on alleged unreasonableness. From Duluth to Warren shows a steep drop from 2.15 to 4.75 for hard coal with soft cost cuts. other routes to Twin Cities Pipestone Fairmont Brown Valley also reflect coal rate reductions. Also reports a burglary claim in New York where attorney H J Kowalsky says his office was broken into and letters to King Leopold removed.
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Tarif
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Duluth
Warren
Pipestone
Fairmont
Brown Valley
New York
H. J. Kowalsky
King Leopold
Belgium
Warlike Upheaval Flares in Mississippi Towns
Reports from Wahalak and Scooba Mississippi describe a large casualties tally amid white and Black clashes. Troops move in as fortified Black factions resist, with rumors of deaths and a troubled origin surrounding a white farmer and Black man incident.
Labor riot in Kentucky ends in fatal blaze
In Owensboro Kentucky a clash between West Kentucky Coal guards and striking miners left three dead and four wounded at Storegis Union county. Victims include C J Dougherty William Matley and Will Gray. The fight erupted on a downtown street about a mile from the mine after months of labor strife and fed into ongoing guard deployments at the mine.
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Owensboro
West Kentucky Coal Company
Storegis
Union County
C. J. Dougherty
Billy Matley
Will Gray
L. J. Moore
Bam Barneby
Ying
William Goch
Henry Delaney
Totners
Arew
Wnlen
Ettike
Coal Company
Petition Urges Two Cent Ticket Rate Across Michigan
Grand Rapids Michigan December 26 an invitation for cent fare reform was unveiled at a meeting of traveling men Senator Josell and Representatives Murray and Anderton attended and endorsed a push to vote for a two cent rate. A petition to the governor and legislature asks for a law similar to Ohio's, requiring railroads to sell mileage books and interchanges at low rates across Michigan.
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Grand Rapids
Mel
Jousell
Murray
Anderton
State of
Michigan
Ohio
Riki
Upper Peninsula
Thie
Atate
Stae Honscat
Congregation Clears Minister After Heated May Meeting
In Witich a church gathering erupted over a minister's rebuke. Mrs Cazimick and her husband objected, aides supported him, and charges were laid. The congregation narrowly favored backing the minister, and the case moved to the presbytery on appeal.
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Witich
Leap to Life During Sullivan Fire Kills Ada Bean
Two telephone operators fled a second story window as the Odd Fellows building burned in Sullivan, Mississippi. Ada Bean died from skull fracture and other injuries, while Mamy Beaber was largely unhurt and aided her injured colleague. Fire destroyed the Sullivan structure. broader damage and costs were estimated. Nearby incidents include a Denver office blaze causing significant losses and a minor Martinique earthquake report. A Minnesota attorney general injunction suit seeks to halt a $60 million Great Northern stock issue. reports from Tehran and Alpena note a weakening shah’s health and a fatal rural fire, respectively.
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Dee
Odd Fellows
Sullivan
Moultrie County
Ada Bean
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Bendersrose
Jesus
Notable Fires and Arrivals in Early Headlines
Louisville figures Henry Watterson and Mrs. Watterson arrive in Barcelona for a month. Bloomington Ohio suffers a $10,000 stock fire at Carlock Bros and Brand furniture. Thaw’s Christmas dinner at Tombs Prison is ordered from a New York cafe. Newport News shipyard blaze causes $200,000 damage with a fatal fireman injury. Atlantic division strike remains largely unchanged. Bodies of Lewis Phillips and wife recovered from the New Orleans area after a deadly incident.
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Mra. Watterson
Louisville
Barcelona
Spain
Bloomington
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Tomb's Prison
New York
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Southern Pacific
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Snd Dia
Gebrin
Lopreat New Orieans
Congo Free State Abuses Cited by New York Letter
A New York letter signed by Pierpont Morgan and others urges Secretary Root to address alleged Congo Free State cruelties. The commissioners report flagrant inhumanity including labor tax, land seizure, brutal sentries, child labor, court abuses, punitive expeditions, and perceived taxation.
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Pierpont Morgan
Lyman Abbott
Root
Congo Free State
United States
Congo
Nebed
Homa
Yate
Congo Governance Critique Prompts Moral Support
A memorandum quotes a commission report on Congo governance, noting findings rather than charges and urging reforms. It endorses U S moral backing for measures that restore civilized conditions and calls on powers to hold the Congo government to account. The letter bears signatures of prominent reformers and financiers.
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Congo
United States
Rev
Mesars
Lyman Abbott
Henry Matlet
Wilford L. Robbins
George William Knox
Chades
Parkhurst
John P. Peters
William R. Hehards
Anson P. Atterbury
Percy
Grant
Mesers
William Jay Schieffelln
William . Douglas
Chas. A. Schieten
Spencer Trask
George Haven Putnam
Brerate P
Wheeler
Robert C. Ogden
J. Pierpont Morgan
D.willis James
R. Fulton Cutting
J. Cleveland Cady
W.J. Bavemeyer
Death at Christmas Gift Moment in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on December 26 Thomas Cardin aged 62 collapsed and died of heart disease just after presenting a Christmas gift to his wife. He handed her a neatly wrapped parcel, kissed her and wished her a merry Christmas as the moment ended with his sudden death.
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Philadelphia
Thomas Cardin
Cardin
Baby’s delayed measles cure with Chamberlain’s remedy
Two months ago a baby girl contracted measles that settled in the lungs and led to bronchitis. After two doctors and failed relief, a storekeeper recommended Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Trying it, the child recovered and is now alive and well, per Geo W Spencer.
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Chamberlain
Geo
Spencé
Tree Mystery Treats Sugar From Ground Over Time
In Bolly Springs a piece promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as safe and pleasant for coughs. A note on a nature mystery describes how a tree can extract sugar from the ground for twenty five years without tiring the soil or itself, highlighting a curious natural phenomenon.
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Bolly Springs
Chamberlain
Gale
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